PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Adelard Desormeaux (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andre Walter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Desormeaux kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Ça va venir découragez-vous pas ♫ . Walter has chosen Engel by Rammstein as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Desormeaux
vs
Walter

165 cm
25
186 lbs
8 - 8 - 0

177 cm
22
181 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Excellent MT
Insanely flexible

BJJ Blue Belt
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Adelard Desormeaux!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Andre Walter!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Yves DeLean and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Desormeaux closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Desormeaux tries to pass to full mount but Walter defends it.
Walter is trying to stand back up but Desormeaux is controlling him
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Desormeaux thows a huge punch but Walter dodges it nicely.
Walter avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Desormeaux.
Desormeaux throwing shots but Walter is blocking nicely.
It looks like Desormeaux is going to stand back up.
Desormeaux is looking to take a break and control but Walter is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Walter avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Desormeaux.
Desormeaux has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Desormeaux is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Walter is just riding it out for now. Desormeaux eventually gives up the hold.
Desormeaux tries to stand but can't do so whilst Walter controls his leg.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Desormeaux scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Desormeaux tries to stand but can't do so whilst Walter controls his leg.

Desormeaux is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Walter wants to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Desormeaux decides to stand and escape the position.
Walter throws a right hand that Desormeaux ducks under and follows up with a left that Desormeaux also avoids with ease.
A head kick from Desormeaux lands but Walter takes it in his stride.
Desormeaux with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Walter throws a jab but it's blocked by Desormeaux.
Walter misses the jab.
Walter fails to land with a series of punches.
Walter pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Desormeaux lands a right hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Desormeaux rushes Walter and presses him up against the ropes.

Desormeaux jumps into guard, dragging Walter to the mat.
Walter wanted to stand there but Desormeaux had control of the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Desormeaux looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Walter has picked Desormeaux up and slammed him! Desormeaux can't keep hold of the triangle and Walter manages to pass to side control!
Desormeaux is looking for a sweep.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Walter gets to mount! Desormeaux was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Desormeaux tries to hold on but Walter pushes him away.
Desormeaux might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Desormeaux is desperately trying to improve his position but Walter has a good base and remains in mount.
Walter is trying to stand up but he's being controlled by his opponent.
Desormeaux is looking to get to half guard.
Desormeaux is working hard here to advance position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walter really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Desormeaux. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Walter is looking to stand but Walter has his arms wrapped tightly around him, looking to prevent the damage.
Desormeaux is working to get back to half guard.

Walter stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Desormeaux closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Walter's guard.
Desormeaux throwing strikes from guard but Walter blocks nicely.
Desormeaux wants to get up but he can't break Walter's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Adelard Desormeaux dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Desormeaux lands a nice leg kick that just misses Walter's sensitive parts.
Walter misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Desormeaux moves into the clinch.
Walter can't break the clinch.

Desormeaux is trying to trip Walter. He has hold of a leg but Walter is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Desormeaux persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Desormeaux in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Desormeaux working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Walter keeping full guard, as Desormeaux tries to pass.
Walter wants to get back to his feet but Desormeaux is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Walter utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Desormeaux trying to control but Walter is working from the bottom.
Desormeaux stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Walter swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Desormeaux trying to stand up but can't free himself from Walter's guard.
Desormeaux trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Walter keeping moving, preventing Desormeaux from controlling successfully.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Desormeaux is looking to work some ground and pound but Walter has wrist control.
Desormeaux wants to control from the top but Walter keeps moving.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Adelard Desormeaux just wasn't active enough.
Walter tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Desormeaux was well out of range. Poor timing from Walter.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walter misses with the combination.
Walter defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Desormeaux.
Walter misses with a hook to the body
and Desormeaux counters with a good low kick that Walter was not able to check.
Walter swats away the attempt to clinch by Desormeaux.
Desormeaux pushes Walter away with a front kick.
Walter keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Adelard Desormeaux is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Desormeaux ducks under a wild hook from Walter.
Walter pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Andre Walter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Desormeaux uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Walter.
Andre Walter is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Walter throws a series of punches but Desormeaux moves out of range.
Desormeaux moves in looking to clinch but Walter pushes him off.
Walter dodges the punch combination from Desormeaux.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Walter throws the left hand but Desormeaux avoids the punch easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Desormeaux.
Desormeaux tries to bum rush Walter with a series of wild strikes but Walter uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Walter throws an off balance right hand
and Desormeaux counters with a good low kick that Walter was not able to check.
Desormeaux showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Walter.
Walter throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Walter scores with a jab to the head.

Desormeaux decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Desormeaux missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

Desormeaux is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Desormeaux working over Walter with some ground and pound. Walter looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Walter looks like he's trying to stand up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Desormeaux is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Walter doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Desormeaux.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Desormeaux is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Walter is refusing to be controlled, as Desormeaux sits in half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Desormeaux missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Desormeaux is keen to just control but Walter is a slippery customer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Adelard Desormeaux dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Walter misses with the combination.

Desormeaux has taken the fight to the clinch.

Desormeaux pulls Walter into guard.

Desormeaux working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Walter doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Walter manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Desormeaux throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Walter is looking to stand up but Desormeaux won't let him.
Desormeaux not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walter trying to stand up but can't free himself from Desormeaux's guard.

Desormeaux looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Walter passes into half guard.
Desormeaux works his way to full guard. Good work.

Desormeaux looking for subs off his back but Walter has passed one foot through into half guard.

Desormeaux looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Andre Walter has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Desormeaux trying to hold on to Walter's head to control him but Walter postures up.
Walter seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.

Desormeaux looking for submissions off his back.
Desormeaux regains full guard. Nicely done.

Desormeaux looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Desormeaux looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Walter passes into half guard.
Walter tries to stand and escape but Desormeaux is controlling the position.

Desormeaux looking for submissions off his back.
Walter missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Desormeaux looking for submissions off his back.

Desormeaux is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Walter pulls his head out easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Desormeaux trying to control from the bottom.
Adelard Desormeaux is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Desormeaux holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Desormeaux trying to hold on to Walter's head to control him but Walter postures up.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

And that's the end of the fight!
Adelard Desormeaux showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Desormeaux, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Adelard Desormeaux!
After the big win, Adelard Desormeaux made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Empire Threads and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.